The nomadic Hephthalites, or White Huns, help…

502 CE

The nomadic Hephthalites, or White Huns, help Sassanid ruler Kavadh regain the Persian throne from his usurping brother in exchange for a tribute.

The situation is exacerbated by recent changes in the flow of the Tigris in lower Mesopotamia, sparking famines and flood.

Kavadh, short on funds, requests financial assistance from Eastern Roman emperor Anastasius, who refuses and begins to interfere in the affairs of Persian Armenia.

Kavadh invades Eastern Roman Armenia in 502 and takes Theodosiopolis, the province’s major city.

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Theodosiopolis > Erzurum Erzurum Turkey View →

People
Anastasius I Dicorus View → Kavadh I View →

Groups
Persian people View → Persian Empire, Sassanid, or Sasanid View → East, Diocese of the View → Armenia, (East Roman [Byzantine] vassal) Principality of View → Huna people View → Hephthalite Empire View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Leonid dynasty View →

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Late Antiquity View → Migration Period View → Famines and plagues 400 to 800 View → Anastasian War View →

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Weapons View → Money View →

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